O'Donovan, C;
(2019)
Ethical standards for robotics: exploring post-automation potentials.
Presented at: International Research Symposium, Post-automation? Exploring democratic alternatives to Industry 4.0, Brighton, UK.
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Abstract
This paper explores how explicitly ethical standards for robotics are peer-produced. It describes the motivations, organisation and practices of standardization contributed by a globally distributed community of experts. The research question asks what kind of rules for robots are being created through standardization and what are the motivational and organizational features of this knowledge production? In addressing this question, I reflect on how ethical principles are applied in practice within the field of autonomous and intelligent systems and what implications this may have for the governance of robotics innovation. The paper directly responds to the aims of the workshop by speculating on the potential for post-automation robotics innovation pathways that are not automatically determined, but arrived at by means of broad participation in governance decisions and innovation processes.
| Type: | Conference item (Presentation) |
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| Title: | Ethical standards for robotics: exploring post-automation potentials |
| Event: | International Research Symposium, Post-automation? Exploring democratic alternatives to Industry 4.0 |
| Location: | Brighton, UK |
| Dates: | 11 - 13 September 2019 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/research/projects/pos... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | The paper is published online https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=odonovan-2019-robotics-standards-210210.pdf&site=25 |
| Keywords: | robotics, innovation policy, post automation, science and technology studies, ethical frameworks, autonomous systems, standards |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10089898 |
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